Paint brush guide



Jan. 29, 1963 E. COHEN PAINT BRUSH GUIDE Filed Feb. 26, 1962 FIG. 4

INVENTOR. COHEN ATTORNEY United States Patent 'Ofihce 3,75,2Z5 Patented Jan. 29, 1963 3,075,225 PAINT BRUSH GUIDE Eli Cohen, 95 Knollwood Drive, Paramus, NJ. Filed Feb. 26, 1962, Ser. No. 175,632 7 Claims. (Cl. 15-248) This invention relates to paint brushes and, more specifically, to a holder for a paint brush, which holder carries a guide wheel for said brush and is adapted to resiliently grip the brush in an adjusted position with respect to said holder.

An object of my invention is to provide an improved brush guide and guard whereby a surface may be conveniently painted along a predetermined line by utilizing the same.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved brush holder having guide means thereon, said holder being adjustable to the size of the brush used therewith in accordance with the placement of a clip thereof on said brush.

A further object of my invention is to provide a paint brush guide wherein no parts thereof are pivoted with respect to one anozher except the guide wheel which is pivoted to the brush-holding portion.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a paint brush guide including a holder in which a brush is resiliently mounted, whereby the brush may be replenished with paint without removal of the guide after merely pushing it from the guide wheel or the latter from it.

An additional object of my invention is to provide a paint brush guide which is adapted to insure that a paint brush may be moved along a straight line, or one of desired form, either in a corner or on a flat surface.

Another object of my invention is to provide a paint brush guide including a wheel that rolls on the surface to be painted, thereby eliminating friction thereon, and holding any one of several brushes of different sizes at a desired distance from said surface.

A further object of my invention is to provide a paint brush guide including means to resiliently grip a paint brush at a selected distance from the surface to be painted, whereby the bristles of said brush may be held at a greater distance from said surface when fiat than when at a corner.

These and other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following detailed description when taken with the accompanying drawings. It will be understood that the drawings are for purposes of illustration and do not define the scope or limits of the invention, reference being had for the latter purpose to the ap pended claims.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters denote like parts in the several views:

FIGURE 1 is an elevational view of a paint brush guide embodying my invention, the brush holder having gripped thereon a conventional paint brush and being illustrated in the act of painting a window sash adjacent a pane thereof.

FIGURE 2 is a view corresponding to FIGURE 1, but wherein the brush is illustrated in the process of painting a line or band on a fiat surface.

FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary elevational view on the line lIIIl-I of FIGURE 2, in the direction of the arrows and to a larger scale to show desirable relative proportiens of the parts.

FIGURE 4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line IV-IV of FIGURE 3, in the direction of the arrows.

FIGURE 5 is a view in a direction opposite that of FIGURE 2, but showing the parts in position where the guard or ruler wheel is moved away from the paint brush and the latter dipped into paint in a can holding the same FIGURE 6 is a detailed perspective view showing the jaws and the resilient extension on one of them, the spring carrying said jaws, and the arms from said jaws passing through slots in said spring.

FIGURE 7 is a fragmentary detailed sectional view on the line VII-VII of FIGURE 5, but to a larger scale.

Referring to the drawings in detail, and first referring to FIGURE 1, the paint brush guide, shield and ruler, generally designated 11, is shown as holding a paint brush 12 in the act of painting a window sash '13 along an inner area thereof adjacent an included pane 14. The guide 11 comprises a paint brush holder portion 15, shown most clearly in FIGURES 3 to 6, inclusive. This holder portion 15 includes a spring 16, formed, as by bending a sheet of resilient metal to nearly hollow cylindrical form, but terminating in adjacent edges 17 and 18. These edges are to resiliently engage jaws 19 and 21, desirably formed as resilient metal plates, and forming spring means to press into gripping engagement with the bristle-holding portion 22, such as the conventional metal sleeve or ferrule of a paintbrush 12, as distinguished from the manually-grippa-ble portion or handle of said brush.

While the jaw 21 is about the same length as that of the spring 16, axially thereof, the jaw 19 is longitudinally extended, here shown as downwardly below said spring, looped around as indicated at 23, and turned back up, forming a straight, relatively short, leg portion 24. Said leg portion 24 is apertured near its end, as indicated at 25. The aperture 25 receives a pivot member 26, about which is freely turnable a guide wheel or shielding disc 27, of diameter relatively large compared to the size of the brush, as illustrated, and which completes the guide 11. The spring loop 23 so formed is stiff enough to hold the wheel 27 a selected distance from, or in a desired position with respect to the spring 16, until forcibly moved from that position, as by handle manipulation, so that the brush will apply paint along the intended line.

In order to prevent binding of the extension 24 on said wheel 27, the portion of the pivot member 26 between its head 28 and a portion 29 of reduced section is slightly longer than the thickness of the guide wheel 27, as illustrated most clearly in FIGURE 7. This construction provides a slight clearance 31 between the connected extension 24 and said guide wheel 27. The portion 29 of the pivot member is snugly received in the aperture 25 in the extension 24 and therebeyond is riveted over, as indicated at 32. This provides a secure connection between the parts, while allowing for free turning of the wheel 27 on the pivot member 26.

In order to hold the bristles 33 of the brush at a desired position with respect to the surface 34, as viewed in FIGURE 1, or 35 as viewed in FIGURE 2, the jaws 1 9 and 21 may be released with respect to the bristleholding portion 22 of the brush, as by manual pressure on portions thereof, to allow them to be moved to a selected position thereon. This release is here provided for by arms 36 and 37 extending respectively from the jaws 19 and 21 and passing through corresponding slots 38 and 39 in the spring 16. The jaws and their arms fulcrum about the adjacent edges of the spring 16 which define the slots 38 and 39. Pressing the arms 36 and 37 together pries apart the adjacent edges of the spring 16 and allows for the reception of a brush 12 of selected size within the limits of the spring. Releasing these arms allows the spring to clamp the jaws 19 and 21 tightly in position, whereby the wheel 27 carried by the holder is held in desired position with respect to the bristles 33 of the brush 12.

When painting a beveled surface 34, such as the window sash 13 veiwed in FIGURE 1, the bristles 33 of the brush 12 may be allowed to drop down slightly with respect to the pivot 26 of the holder 15, as compared with the position of said bristles when painting a fiat surface, an example being the generally horizontal surface 35 of FIGURE 2. When painting the surface 34, the brush is guided therealong by the wheel 27 rolling in the angle made by the glass pane 14 and said surface. When painting a straight band or line along a fiat surface such as 35, with nothing forming a shoulder along which the wheel 27 may roll, the brush may be guided against the wheel while letting said wheel roll along the guiding edge of a ruler or the like 41, which may be straight or curved as desired in accordance with the way it is desired to have the paint lie on said surface, or said wheel may like a planimeter be moved to simply follow a straight or curved line on said surface. Because of its relatively large diameter, the wheel 27 shields the bristles of the brush from engagement to any appreciable extent with a ruler or the like, as will be clear from FIGURE 3.

When it is desired to replenish the supply of paint on the bristles 33, said bristles may be dipped into paint 42 in a holding can 43 after moving the wheel 27 to a position, such as shown in FIGURE 5. This is to allow sufficient space 44 between said wheel and bristles, so that the bristles lie in the paint 42 with the wheel outside of the can 43. This distance may be varied as desired, as by gripping the top portion of the wheel 27 and the brush 12 between finger and thumb and forcing the lower portion of the wheel away from the bristles 33 to allow said bristles to be conveniently moved into the paint 42.

' Having now described my invention in detail in accordance with the requirements of the Patent Statutes, those skilled in this art will have no difficulty in making changes and modifications in the individual parts or their relative assembly in order to meet specific requirements or conditions. Such changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of'the in vention, as set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A paint brush guide comprising a holder with spring means including jaws to resiliently grip a paint brush, said holder having actuating arms extending from said jaws to allow them to open or close, one of said jaws having a resilient extension curved outwardly and back on itself, forming an open loop, with an aperture near its free end said free end spaced from said jaw, a guide wheel relatively large in diameter compared to the width of the brush and the effective length of its bristles, so that it shields the free ends of the bristles along substantially the full brush width, and a pivot member rotatably mounting thewheel on said holder by passing through said aperture and the center of said wheel While on the outer side of said extension, whereby the wheel may travel along the lower ends of the brush bristles.

2. A paint brush guide as recited in claim 1, wherein the pivot member is a rivet with a head at one end, a body turnably received in, and slightly longer than the thickness, of said wheel, and a portion of smaller diameter beyond said body, received in said aperture and riveted over said extension.

3. A paint brush guide as recited in claim 1, wherein the arms are integral with their jaws and the spring means comprising of flat resilient metal bent to nearly cylindrical form.

4. A paint brush guide as recited in claim 3, wherein the spring means is provided with slots through which extend the arms of said jaws.

5. A paint brush guide as recited in claim 4, wherein sad jaws are formed as resilient metal plates fulcrumed about the adjacent edges of said spring means which define said slots and are pressed together by free edges of said means.

6. A paint brush guide comprising a holder with a spring formed of flat resilient metal bent to nearly cylindrical form, jaws carried by said spring to resiliently grip a paint brush, each of said jaws having an integral arrn extending rearwardly therefrom, and passing out through a slot in and fulcrumed on said spring for manually operating said jaws to allow them to open or close, one of said jaws having an integral resilient extension at one end curved outwardly and back on itself forming an open loop, and with an aperture near its free end said free end spaced from said jaw, a guide wheel, and a pivot member passing through said aperture and the center of said wheel, wherein the pivot member is a rivet with a head at one end, a body turnably received in, and slightly longer than the thickness of said wheel, and a portion of smaller diameter beyond said body, received in said aperture and riveted over said extension to rotatably mount the wheel on the outer side of said extension, whereby the wheel may travel along the lower ends of the brush bristles.

7. A paint brush guide comprising a holder with spring means including jaws to resiliently grip a paint brush, one of said jaws having an integral resilient extension at one end curved outwardly and back on itself forming an open loop and with an aperture near its free end, said free end spaced from said jaw, a guide wheel relatively large in diameter compared to the width of the brush and the efiective length of its bristles, so that it shields the free ends of the bristles along substantially the full Width of the brush, and a pivot member in the form of a rivet passing through said aperture and the center of said wheel, a head on one end of said rivet, a body for said rivet turnably received in and slightly longer than the thickness of said wheel, and a portion of smaller diameter beyond said body received in said aperture and riveted over said extension to rotatably mount the wheel on the outer side of said extension, whereby the wheel may travel along the lower ends of the brush bristles.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 

1. A PAINT BRUSH GUIDE COMPRISING A HOLDER WITH SPRING MEANS INCLUDING JAWS TO RESILIENTLY GRIP A PAINT BRUSH, SAID HOLDER HAVING ACTUATING ARMS EXTENDING FROM SAID JAWS TO ALLOW THEM TO OPEN OR CLOSE, ONE OF SAID JAWS HAVING A RESILIENT EXTENSION CURVED OUTWARDLY AND BACK ON ITSELF, FORMING AN OPEN LOOP, WITH AN APERTURE NEAR ITS FREE END SAID FREE END SPACED FROM SAID JAW, A GUIDE WHEEL RELATIVELY LARGE IN DIAMETER COMPARED TO THE WIDTH OF THE BRUSH AND THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF ITS BRISTLES, SO THAT IT SHIELDS THE FREE ENDS OF THE BRISTLES ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE FULL BRUSH WIDTH, AND A PIVOT MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTING THE WHEEL ON SAID HOLDER BY PASSING THROUGH SAID APERTURE AND THE CENTER OF SAID WHEEL WHILE ON THE OUTER SIDE OF SAID EXTENSION, WWHEREBY THE WHEEL MAY TRAVEL ALONG THE LOWER ENDS OF THE BRUSH BRISTLES. 